Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 2 | When crossing by boat from West Loch Tarbert to Port Ellen on one of my early Journeys to Islay I was talking with an elderly minister who was coming to visit a crofter brother who was ill , and during our conversation said that it appeared to me that for a small island with a population of about four thousand it had produced an unusually large proportion of ministers , ship captains , marine engineers and doctors and asked him why he thought that was so . |
| 3 | Pressed more closely he told me that for a number of years Laura had lived an almost schizophrenic life , symbolized by two quite different wardrobes — one for her parents , ‘ the Goody-Twoshoes suits ’ , the other for what she believed to be her real self . |
| 4 | Oh I do n't mind paying you , it 'd cost me that for a bloody taxi . |
| 5 | you owe me that for a year . |
| 6 | And when I erm , first got them cos my granny got me some for a birthday present |
| 7 | ‘ These new lambs would die if I could n't keep them warm for a while . |
| 8 | They gie ye half-price for a cholera . |
| 9 | In a small club in Hamilton , Ontario , he jammed with them onstage for a few nights . |
| 10 | Miss Harker stared at them uncomprehending for a second . |
| 11 | They 're a damn sight more efficient than this I 'll tell you that for a start |
| 12 | And he ai n't ! is not gon na , I tell you that for a start ! |
| 13 | Are you due for a screen test ? |
| 14 | Shildon said : ‘ Are you free for a meeting this evening ? ’ |
| 15 | You okay for a minute mum ? |
| 16 | ‘ There will be enough wages to keep you all for a few weeks at least , until you have a chance to find another situation . |
| 17 | ‘ Aquarius , Taurus , Leo and Scorpio figure very strongly in the Royal Family 's charts and very strongly in Diana 's , so when you get a powerful connection like that with marriage partners it can either be the most sensationally passionate ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for a minute ’ or it 's ice . |
| 18 | Bodie said , ‘ Ca n't leave you alone for a minute . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You can live quite cheaply in Miami , so once you 're out there on one job , you can contact other UK clients and get them to send the gear over and keep you busy for a few weeks . |
| 20 | ‘ I know I should n't say anything , but I 've known you both for a long time , and your mother spoiled Dana rotten . |
| 21 | Are you ready for a launch failure ? |
| 22 | Are you ready for a spot of fisticuffs ? ’ |
| 23 | Are you ready for a cup of tea ? |
| 24 | Do you want anything else to drink or are you alright for a bit ? |
| 25 | ‘ Is she ready for a public performance ? ’ |
| 26 | Being , as he said , temporarily flush , he took them all for a plate of spaghetti in a ‘ trat ’ in Mondano . |
| 27 | Are we ready for a Basquiat revival ? |
| 28 | Are we ready for a French lesson in inward investment ? |
| 29 | Oh right we ready for a run , eh ? |
| 30 | Just leave me alone for a little . |